Vermont’s leaders are continuing to work toward a deal on education reform, postponing its scheduled adjournment.

This commentary is by Jack Hoffman. He is senior analyst at Public Assets Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Montpelier.

The stalemate in Montpelier over the fate of H.454 belies the strong consensus on the need for Vermont’s public education system to evolve and the urgency with which we must ...

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused on legislative deliberations over an expansive education reform bill during his weekly ...

However, the outcome leaves the session’s highest-profile work unfinished. Following an election where property tax rates ...

The rift between the White River Valley Supervisory Union and the association reflects opposing views among school districts statewide about the role of supervisory unions and private schools in the ...

Hopes for a deal late Friday failed to materialize, but a new deadline has been set for the Veto Session, which is slated for ...

Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Windham-2, said in a newsletter that legislators left the State House just after midnight Saturday and ...

H. 454 proposes a massive transfer of power. If it is enacted, taxpayers will no longer get to vote on their school budgets. Rather than the checks and balances between local and state power, school ...

Unsustainable finances are impacting hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices alike, despite Vermont’s high health care costs ...

Following two successive legislative sessions and an interim task force study, lawmakers at the State House in Montpelier are punting comprehensive educatio ...

H.454, a state bill that would radically change the ways schools are financed in Vermont as well as the size and number of ...